WHS Talent Show

SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
edited September 26, 2014 in Other Cool Shots
Whitney High School Talent Show
Cerritos, California

All images snapped with the Fujifilm X-T1, X-E2 and X-Pro1:

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#2
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#3
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#4
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Thanks for Viewing,
Gary
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2014
    Nice set! Love the sincere expressions, light and shadows play, colors! Very cool!
    #1 is favorite!!
  • JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,890 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2014
    Nice, all are good, but I really like #1!
    Cristóbal


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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2014
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Nice set! Love the sincere expressions, light and shadows play, colors! Very cool!
    #1 is favorite!!

    Thanks. Got lucky on #1.

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    Gary
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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2014
    Juano wrote: »
    Nice, all are good, but I really like #1!

    Thanks. That's two for #1.

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    Gary
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2014
    Wow! Whatever instrument that lady is playing in b&w, what a wonderful shot! Dude, that ain't no luck! You got this down! The pose and comp are both joyous to me....because I can sense the passion, dedication, and how they are consumed in the moment! clap.gifivar

    How did you get these POVs? Back stage pass? Balcony? Excellent m8!

    Minutest of edits....may not even be needed....but right behind the lady on top right...some stuff on the edge is drawing attention....easy to get rid of. Cheers!
  • JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,890 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2014
    Seefutlung wrote: »
    Thanks. That's two for #1.

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    Gary

    this is a wonderful shot... the light, hi expression, pure passion. Life worth living. clap.gif
    Cristóbal


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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,950 moderator
    edited September 25, 2014
    Really like the photos. Must have been great for the students to see your work thumb.gif
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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2014
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Wow! Whatever instrument that lady is playing in b&w, what a wonderful shot! Dude, that ain't no luck! You got this down! The pose and comp are both joyous to me....because I can sense the passion, dedication, and how they are consumed in the moment! clap.gifivar

    How did you get these POVs? Back stage pass? Balcony? Excellent m8!

    Minutest of edits....may not even be needed....but right behind the lady on top right...some stuff on the edge is drawing attention....easy to get rid of. Cheers!

    Thank you for the kind words. That is a Guzheng, a traditional Chinese instrument. Thanks for the tip on the right side. I had missed those little distractions. That shot was with an 8mm Fish. I shoot the dress rehearsals for the drama teacher. She lets me on stage. She thinks that the intrusiveness by me getting my lenses in the students faces helps them be less nervous on game day. I get good POV's and she gets good images.

    Another of the Guzheng:

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    Gary
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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2014
    Juano wrote: »
    this is a wonderful shot... the light, hi expression, pure passion. Life worth living. clap.gif

    Thank you Cristóbal. I like Gestalt for many of my images. It lets you fill in the blanks.

    Gary

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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2014
    ian408 wrote: »
    Really like the photos. Must have been great for the students to see your work thumb.gif

    Thanks Ian.

    About Whitney ... WHS is a small school, about 160 to 175 students per class/level. Whitney is the #1 public high school in California per testing. The kids are great and exceptional. The moment I inform the kids that the images are posted on my web site, the hits just soar for a couple of days. The images are all over facebook.

    Gary

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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2014
    Really a nice series Gary.

    #1 Favorite for me too.
    Nice job in that light.
    Solid comp.
    Randy
  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2014
    rwells wrote: »
    Really a nice series Gary.

    #1 Favorite for me too.
    Nice job in that light.
    Solid comp.

    Thanks rwells. Thats three for #1.

    Gary

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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2014
    Me-4 on #1.

    Performing artists (especially musicians) experience an effect known colloquially as, "the flow".... you've captured it well in several of these.
    Thus, #3 and the color close-up of the Guzheng artist are nice and "flow-y" also!
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2014
    Earache wrote: »
    Me-4 on #1.

    Performing artists (especially musicians) experience an effect known colloquially as, "the flow".... you've captured it well in several of these.
    Thus, #3 and the color close-up of the Guzheng artist are nice and "flow-y" also!

    Thank you Eric. Is The Flo like getting into The Zone as an athletic? I had a very hard time with the violinist. The music was sweet but he was completely stoic ... no emotions at all, his body was one solid piece of unbending metal. So I decided I had to manufacture all the drama optically ... this is what I captured:

    Gary

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    B)
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    12mm

    C)
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    8mm (fish)

    D)
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    8mm (fish)
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2014
    Earache wrote: »
    Me-4 on #1.

    Performing artists (especially musicians) experience an effect known colloquially as, "the flow".... you've captured it well in several of these.
    Thus, #3 and the color close-up of the Guzheng artist are nice and "flow-y" also!

    I like that characterization.....'Flow'! Which is what I tried to describe in many more words.....passion, dedication, pose, consumed by the moment = Flow!

    Cheers!
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2014
    Seefutlung wrote: »
    Thanks rwells. Thats three for #1.

    Gary

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    Gary, I am only blabbering because I love these shots! I know why this was framed the way it was....the reflection is part of the deal....maybe on brighter monitor it would be more prominent. However, it is not distinct enough with nothing that helps the shot....so the lady appear unbalanced towards the top.....so if it was cropped, maybe reframing would help it more! Or brighten the reflection a tad.

    Cheers m8!
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2014
    You should be proud of this body of work, Gary. Wonderful stuff. You hand me the same opportunity for this shoot and I wouldn't know where to begin.

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,890 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2014
    I think you succeeded in creating the drama in camera. Well done.
    Cristóbal


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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2014
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    I like that characterization.....'Flow'! Which is what I tried to describe in many more words.....passion, dedication, pose, consumed by the moment = Flow!

    Cheers!
    Yup, all those things Taz plus (in my experience as a musician), a hard to describe, almost out-of-body sensation where you are not necessarily conscious of your intentions or movement.
    It's very Zen-like... or then again, maybe it's because it was the decade of the 1970's... friday.gifylsuper.gif :crazy

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    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2014
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Gary, I am only blabbering because I love these shots! I know why this was framed the way it was....the reflection is part of the deal....maybe on brighter monitor it would be more prominent. However, it is not distinct enough with nothing that helps the shot....so the lady appear unbalanced towards the top.....so if it was cropped, maybe reframing would help it more! Or brighten the reflection a tad.

    Cheers m8!

    I'n note completely satisfied with this shot ... better yet ... let's say I am more dissatisfied with this shot than others. Maybe a square crop ... maybe brighter reflection (definitely more reflection) ... maybe both. I think this shot has potential ... not quite sure how to get there. I probably captured it wrong ... wrong place, wrong time, wrong lens thing. I'll think about it some more. Thanks for the feedback.

    Gary

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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2014
    black mamba wrote: »
    You should be proud of this body of work, Gary. Wonderful stuff. You hand me the same opportunity for this shoot and I wouldn't know where to begin.

    Tom

    Thank you Tom. You'd know where to begin. You start by bringing the camera up to your eye and you release the shutter ... pretty soon it become semi-automatic ... you get into the flow. :<)

    Gary

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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2014
    Juano wrote: »
    I think you succeeded in creating the drama in camera. Well done.

    Thank you Cristóbal. Optical drama is a big thing with me. It justifies more gear.

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    Gary

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